a Dancer of Freedom’s Cousinship to Epitaphs of Fate” Kings and Queens competition in Port of Spain. Photo: Catherine Sforza The moko jumbie or stilt walker is a traditional masquerade ...

For “Tall Spirit – Stilt Artistry of Black Immigrants,” the Mocko Jumbie Stilt Dancers (“Moko Jumbie” means good god, good spirit), were commissioned to portray the story of the Moko ...

Kaisokah Moko Jumbie USA Inc., a stilt performance group founded in 2010 ... and they’ve been practicing dance routines non-stop in preparation. Parents at rehearsal couldn’t help but show ...

The stilt dance is dedicated to Mary Magdalene ... The fact that the tradition continued in the Caribbean under the term "Moko Jumbie" is a consequence of the slave trade in the 19th century.

MOKO JUMBIES, STILT WALKING SPIRIT DANCERS PARTICULAR TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS WHO ISRAEL PETERSON RELUCTANTLY AGREES TO OPEN HIS MASK FOR OUR INTERVIEW. AT THE RISK OF LOSING HIS POWER TO WARD OFF ...

UniverSoul Circus returns to the Baltimore area from Aug. 14 to Sept. 1 with its all-new “Rhythm of the World” production, ...

Before they make two big appearances, CBS2's Dave Carlin met with stilt walkers, or moko jumbies, as they rehearsed in Crown Heights. Seven-year-old Rajon Vessep was among those practicing for a ...

“We are inspired by the West African stilting style of the Moko Jumbie.” Hence ... an important vote of confidence in our Tad-Poles stilt dance program, but it will also make our workshops ...

Simone Harris: We’re Moko Jumbie stilt walkers, I would say we’re a performance collective, right? We are a group of people with a shared interest in culture. We have touched over 100 lives.